Shingle



Dec. 20, 1927.

' R. B. BUCKLEY SHINGLE Filed 001:. .'50, 1925 Ede/flan (im www@ HKM Patented y Dec. 20, 1927.

narran neY B. BUCKLEY, or WICHITA, Kansas.

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Application led Qctoher V30, 1923. Serial IO. 671,720. K

' My invention relatesy to improvements in metallic shingles. ly. The lobject of my'invention 1s toprovlde a. metallic shingle wherein provision is made for firmly interlocking Vtogether adjacent sides Vo" correspondingly formed shingles, and when so associated form tight and prac,- tically ,waterprooi' joints.v l

A further object of my invention lsto provide a simple, inexpensive and efliclent shingle, adapted to be readily applied on open sheathing or other forms of -root boards, and capable of being overlapped and interlocked in such a manner as to eiiiectually prevent the elements 'trom beating in under each shingle. Y l

Still another object ot my invention is to provide a shingle that may be vapplied upon ai .root structure, such as that mentioned,

starting :trom the top and workingfdown and thus' permitting the use ot the open sheathf. ing as a scaiiold for the workman.- Inthis manner of applying the shingles it will be noted that the ones that have beenplaced T upon the roof are in no `danger of being marred by the walking back and forth ofy the workman. y

' Another object of my invention is to pro# ride a' shingle adapted to permit an espansion, and contraction ofthe same incident to f the changes in temperature without looseningthe fastening elements thereof.

`With these and other objects in view, my invention finally consists in the particular construction of each shingle, the same being more clearly and fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating a section of a roof constructed' in open sheathing fashion and having appliedV thereon a. number of my improved shingles.

v patterns olv any desired design.

in detaih, wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the severa] views, the numeral l" designates, in general., a metallick shingle 'constructed' in accordance with-my invention,` thefsiame, being made of any suitableniaterial. and manufactured either plain or in ornamental As disclosed in FigureG, it will vbe appar-v ent that the blank from whicht'hei-sliingle" rectangular inV is formed is substantially shape and its edges.. have formed integral therewith certain projections which arej' adapted to be further bent to form inter-y locking elements whereby contiguous side'` portions-of a plurality be firmly interlocked.

of I shingles' may y Referring to Figure 5, in connection withl i Figure S, the upperedge of each shinglehas line to torni a lockingtongrue d, these-me l75 its projectionvQ bent downupon the dotted" adapted to be received within a groovei formed upon the lower edge of the upper` shingle, and in-thi'scase I'willfreterV to the saine as the shingle 'iirst applied.. Upon 'reterrmg to Figure 6 it will/beV noted that the tongue t `does not extend the full widthy .Y

of the shingle body, thus'allowing spacey upon each side ior the interlocking'movement which Atakes place when thel sidesof adjacent shingles arey connected,l 'as hereinafter fully described.V f i The lower edge or" each shingle' has its projectlon 5V bent down at right angles to the body upon thedotted line Gand then back under the body upon the line 7, thus forming Va deinite edge for the lower portion of thel shingle and giving the appearance of a wood shingle by reason of its sharp lines. The projection 5 is further bent down upon ythe line 8 and thenback toward the lower edge ot' the shingle body upon the line 9, thus ,y

forminga portion 10 which isspaced from the main body of the shingle and extending slightly'beyond its edge to form a nail re ceiving portion by which the shingle is attached to the, sheathing. In theftinished shingle the nail receiving-portion 110, together with a small portion of thel second bend is greater inwidth than the width of to permit the edges of the nail receiving por-- tion to project out and under the interlocking elements upon the sides of the shingle the shingle bodythe purpose of which being rio and into such a position that one 4of its ends p' will form an obstruction against Awhich the the projection down upon Y "line `19,upward`on the line 20, and then back toward the main body upon the line Q1, thus rcorrespondingly formed portion of the adj acent shingle will abut, thus limiting the sliding movement of one shingle with respect to the other and bringingV into A'proper alignment those arranged in a row.

The side projection 11 is merely formed to provide a tongue 12 which is adapted to be received within a suitable groove formed upon the adjacent edge of the next shingle, the tongue' being formed by bending down yupon the dotted line 13, `the projection 11, Y

5 leaving a tree portion 22 the edge oit which ii'rst shingle.

isslightly spacedk from the `first bend to permit the passage therebetween vof the locking tongue 12.k 1 y j As disclosed in Figure el, the portion 22 lies in a planeparallel with the bottoni i'ace .of the shingle body, thus permitting thc tace of the next shingl ewhen locked thereto, to

[lie within thesame plane as kthe tace of the Furthermore, the portion 22' serves to'support the side of the'adjacent shingle and.V prevents its weight from falling upon the locking tongue 12.

In constructing a roof with my improved i lcure by Letters Patent, is

shingle and forming shingles it will be apparent, by relerring to VFigure 1, that all ci' the trimmings, such as the ridge strip, the hip, gable and valley vstrips are iirst applied to the sheathing'and then the shingles are applied, particularly the ridge strip 23. After the shingles are applied the ,eave' strip (not shown) is then applied. Y Y

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art,.\vithout further description, and it'will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or Vsacriiicing any of the vadvvantages ot the invention.

Having thus fully described my inven-V tion, what I ela-iin as new, andV desire to se 'A shingle oi the class described having a main body portion provided `with rprojections formed upon all edges and'adapted to cooperate with portions or' adjacent shingles, the projection formed upon one end being bent downwardly at right angles to said body portion and then bent back under said body portion and inclined'upwardly thereunder, said underlying portion again being bent downwardly to form a portion parallel to the iirst said downwardly bent portion and then bent forwardly to form a forwardly eirtending flange, said inclined portion receiving thereundn' one end oil an adjacent positive lock between the'two.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

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